CEO loses $243,000 to deepfake voice cloning scam in phone call fraud
Sep 1, 20192 sources
Summary
A CEO was scammed out of $243,000 after scammers used a voice deepfake to impersonate someone in a phone call. The incident highlights the growing threat of AI-generated voice cloning in financial fraud. No specific company or location was disclosed in the report.
Incident Details
Domain
Fraud & Financial
Harm Types
Deepfake Fraud
AI-Powered Financial Fraud
Voice Cloning Fraud
Mechanism
content
Dimensions
economic
Who Was Affected
Age
Adult
Gender
Unknown
Sources
2CEO ‘Deep Fake’ Swindles Company Out of $243K - Threatpost
Agent Ingest — Google News RSS·Sep 4, 2019
A Voice Deepfake Was Used To Scam A CEO Out Of $243,000 - Forbes
Agent Ingest — Google News RSS·Sep 3, 2019
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